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Objective To investigate whether cannabis use is associated with increased risk of relapse, as indexed by number of hospital admissions, and whether antipsychotic treatment failure, as indexed by number of unique antipsychotics prescribed, may mediate this effect in a large data set of patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). Open Access Article
Open access. The potential dynamics of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is discussed in the literature of the field. Recent publications suggest modest changes in level of cognitive impairment after first psychotic episode. Present article attempts to explore cognitive differences between patients and controls across age groups and differences between age groups in clinical group.
Open access. Current practice guidelines for schizophrenia care recommend that antipsychotic medication is essential for patients’ long-term maintenance treatment but their non-adherence to this medication is still a main obstacle to relapse prevention. This study evaluated the effects of a motivational-interviewing-based adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
To investigate the likelihood of early diagnosis and treatment in patients with schizophrenia who have cancer and their prognosis. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal through this site, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
.....But here’s the rub, despite intuitively feeling integrated care is the best option, the evidence to date doesn’t support its effectiveness. So when a study is published exploring integrated care over a long time period for people with a dual diagnosis, it’s a must read.....
Despite the multitude of longitudinal neuroimaging studies that have been published, a basic question on the progressive brain loss in schizophrenia remains unaddressed: Does it reflect accelerated aging of the brain, or is it caused by a fundamentally different process? The authors used support vector regression, a supervised machine learning technique, to address this question. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
In this article, we focus on the emerging evidence in pharmacogenetics and biomarkers for assessing individual response and tolerability of antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
Previous qualitative studies have found that exercise may facilitate symptomatic and functional recovery in people with long-term schizophrenia. This study examined the perceived effects of exercise as experienced by people in the early stages of psychosis, and explored which aspects of an exercise intervention facilitated or hindered their engagement.
What are the implications for practice?
We think our study highlights the complicated internal struggles that people with first episode psychosis have with medication.
Our study highlights how Nurses and Doctors need to try and better understand what it is like to take these drugs and work collaboratively with patients to support them to make informed choices about treatment. Login using your SSSFT NHS Athens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library http://www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
Three biomarker-based categories, called biotypes, outperformed traditional diagnoses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis, in sorting psychosis cases into distinct subgroups on the basis of brain biology, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. A hallmark of severe mental illness, psychosis is marked by hallucinations and delusions, or false, irrational beliefs.
Versions of a gene linked to schizophrenia may trigger runaway pruning of the teenage brain’s still-maturing communications infrastructure, NIH-funded researchers have discovered. People with the illness show fewer such connections between neurons, or synapses. The gene switched on more in people with the suspect versions, who faced a higher risk of developing the disorder, characterized by hallucinations, delusions and impaired thinking and emotions.
New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also found that treatment is most effective for people who receive care soon after psychotic symptoms begin.
Stigma and Health1.1 (Feb 2016): 29-43.
The aims of this study are to verify this sequential structure and to determine if self-stigma is associated with lower quality of life (QoL) and depression. A total of 160 patients with schizophrenia participated in this study. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Psychotic phenomena can occur in non-clinical subjects. The goals of this study were to assess the prevalence of delusions, hallucinations and minor ‘psychotic’ phenomena (visual illusions, feeling of presence and passage hallucinations) and to describe the characteristics of the latter in a non-clinical older population. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
The cognitive impairments that are common in schizophrenia are associated with impairments across multiple domains, including attention/vigilance, verbal learning and memory, executive functioning, verbal fluency, and speed of processing. As a result, they are targets for drug development. There is a clear need for pharmacological agents that target cognitive impairment in schizophrenia for which there are currently no approved medications. The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 receptors) have been shown to play an important role in cognition in animals and humans. Encenicline is an agonist exhibiting priming behaviour at the α7 receptor by potentiating the response to the natural agonist acetylcholine (ACh). Encenicline may work as a neuromodulator, with its impact on cognition mediated in part by modulating multiple …To read the full commentary, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Paranoia is characterized by a lack of perceived social safeness and associated negative affect. Low self-esteem, negative self-concepts and negative emotions have been shown to contribute to paranoid symptom formation. Thus, interventions focusing on affiliation and positive affect might be particularly helpful for patients with paranoia. The present study experimentally tested the effect of a one-session, brief compassion-focused imagery derived from Compassion-Focused Therapy (Gilbert, 2009) versus a control imagery condition in a repeated measures randomized design. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
A. Laenen, T. Vangeneugden, H. Geys, und G. Molenberghs. The British journal of mathematical and statistical psychology, 59 (Pt 1):
113-31(Mai 2006)Mesures de concordància; Online; ICC; Psiquiatria.